Tuscumbia News

11. The Alabama Tourism Department says Birmingham will again hold the nation's oldest Veteran's Day parade.

Shoals This Week Seasoned Veteran is Grand Marshall By: Richard Sheridan Published: 11-04-2009 World War II veteran Edward P. Hodge will serve as Grand Marshal of the 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade in Tuscumbia at 11am on Wednesday, November 11.

Police say a man is in jail after he forced his way into his ex-wife's house, where he is accused of threatening and choking her, then helping her to the couch and offering her a bottled water, the TimesDaily newspaper reports.

A statue honoring Helen Keller, a prominent advocate for the disabled, unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The bronze statue depicts Keller as a seven-year-old child by a water pump where she first learned to communicate by sign language.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:52 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:52 p.m. Joshua Norris did more than lend a sympathetic ear to a school nurse when she told him about how she and many of her peers bought extra medical supplies out-of pocket.

Folks, we live in a great country. And, I must say, I have never felt more "American" than I did last Wednesday when I sat among some 400 guests in the rotunda of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. It was on this occasion that the Congress of the United States dedicated the statue of Helen Keller and placed it among other great Americans who ...

A Shoals man has been arrested for attempted murder. He is accused of trying to kill a 2-year-old boy.

Serious transportation talks took place on Tuesday in the Shoals. Local leaders met with U.S. Representative Parker Griffith to discuss the concerns they have about what's happening now and what will happen in the future.

Decatur General Hospital, which lost a bid to perform non-emergency cardiac catheterizations in July, is trying again.

One of the first reviews of the new Helen Keller statue came from a blind person, who approached the bronze likeness within seconds of its unveiling in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning.

The Jake Hess Memorial Concert will be held on Friday night, October 9, beginning at 7pm at the Muscle Shoals High School Auditorium on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals.

The statue before the unveiling in Washington this morning. Photo from the ceremony expected from The Associated Press shortly.

Alabama's haunted history comes to life in October with ghost trails, storytelling festivals, haunted trolley rides and ghost walks through historical neighborhoods.

The Alabama Tourism Department says there are lots of places to see haunted history and hear stories about Alabama ghosts during October.

U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith today delivered a speech on the House floor, honoring Helen Keller, the blind and deaf native of Tuscumbia who became an international icon for people with disabilities.

FLORENCE, AL For the first time, a whistleblower has broken his silence after filing suit against a TVA contractor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant.

A painter who was fired after complaining about a potential safety threat at a nuclear power plant in north Alabama won his whistleblower lawsuit against a Tennessee Valley Authority contractor in a decision made public Monday.

Published: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. One moment you're asleep.

The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution to officially accept Alabama's new statue of Helen Keller to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington.

LITTLEVILLE, AL If it was not for the keen eyes of a state trooper, 20-year-old Jessica Pace of Tuscumbia, may have never been found.